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make-believe

January 28, 2021January 27, 2021 Mitchel David Ring6 Comments

These grooves worn into the dirt are traces of a well known make-believe...

Posted in PoemsTagged fantasy, fiction, journey, poetry, story, writing

The Fruiting Tree

July 29, 2020July 28, 2020 Mitchel David Ring9 Comments

This that fell from the stars— new poison in the reservoirs drawing our eyes up and away on walkabouts to find the fruiting tree...

Posted in PoemsTagged fantasy, forest, immortal, poetry, story, writing

Test Readers Wanted – Inquire Within

April 19, 2020April 19, 2020 Mitchel David Ring20 Comments

A young boy survives a massacre that claims the lives of his parents and grows up in hiding, planning his revenge on the power-hungry Council who ordered the killings.

Posted in ThoughtsTagged book, fantasy, readers, reading, story, writing

Come Softly

March 26, 2020March 25, 2020 Mitchel David Ring11 Comments

Red eyes in the distance looking over a sea of light to the westwall...

Posted in PoemsTagged fantasy, journey, king, kingdom, poetry, writing

Empire of the Sky

March 12, 2020March 11, 2020 Mitchel David Ring10 Comments

When the sky fell it swallowed me and spit me out into a rugged world where the hills are painted the color of broken bones...

Posted in PoemsTagged adventure, fantasy, poetry, rugged, war, writing

The Court of the Druid King

March 11, 2020March 10, 2020 Mitchel David Ring11 Comments

A breeze down the street brings it all the smell of hot window screens and withering grass of a field between our dreams and a chance to taste them...

Posted in PoemsTagged dreams, fantasy, journey, poetry, storybook, writing

Lightbulbs

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 Mitchel David Ring11 Comments

The lights are never off in that kingdom upon the hill They shine everlasting over streets that cannot see them and cry out for something more beyond a voice in the dark...

Posted in PoemsTagged fantasy, light, paradise, poetry, published, writing

Beneath Rushing Falls

January 19, 2020January 18, 2020 Mitchel David Ring16 Comments

I watched you walk beneath the rushing falls back and forth along the granite ledge feeling the weight of the river cascade upon you...

Posted in PoemsTagged fantasy, free verse, poetry, summit, waterfall, writing

I Remember You and I

December 27, 2019December 27, 2019 Mitchel David Ring13 Comments

I remember you and I out wondering what ocean that was We opened a bottle, ready to toast death And out poured starlight with no end So we caught it in our glasses and drank...

Posted in PoemsTagged art, fantasy, memory, poetry, starlight, writing

Talk of Thunderstorms

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 Mitchel David Ring21 Comments

When the door closed she showed me What was hidden behind her back A handful of fire that lit the walls with shadow And bathed our faces in twilight...

Posted in PoemsTagged fantasy, fire, free verse, love, poetry, storm

The Leading Edge of Time

November 16, 2019November 16, 2019 Mitchel David Ring9 Comments

There was a time when doorways opened onto new dimensions Far away from a reality slow to change Dark stairwells granted passage to slow horror Seeping between truth and dreams, melting them into one...

Posted in PoemsTagged fantasy, horror, make-believe, poetry, promises, reality

King in Chains

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 Mitchel David Ring6 Comments

The world comes through as reflections on glass And I wonder what those on the other side see If anyone exists in the room beyond the window Longing as I do to step off the ledge...

Posted in PoemsTagged dreams, fantasy, free verse, king, poetry, reflection

View From the Highest Tower

October 29, 2019October 28, 2019 Mitchel David Ring7 Comments

From atop the highest tower in the city You can imagine that, far off on the horizon, The fires of the battlefield are just visible As reflections of stars uncaring on the world below...

Posted in PoemsTagged city, fantasy, free verse, poetry, starlight, war

I Discarded Infinity

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 Mitchel David Ring5 Comments

The faces seem all too close together Muddled against a thousand streaks of color Voices overlapping, waves in the sea Calm sky over streets longing to live...

Posted in PoemsTagged color, escape, fantasy, infinity, poetry, stars

A New Master

October 8, 2019October 10, 2019 Mitchel David Ring3 Comments

Dishonored at the gate we held Backs bent, bones broken, arrows pierced our souls But we did not give way...

Posted in PoemsTagged dark, fantasy, madness, nightmares, poetry, ritual

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